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  2. Russians in Latvia - Wikipedia

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    In Latvia, Russians have been the largest ethnic minority in the country for the last two centuries. The number of Russians in Latvia more than quadrupled during the Soviet occupation of Latvia when the size of the community grew from 8.8% of the total population in 1935 (206,499) to 34.0% in 1989 (905,515). [1]

  3. Russians in the Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Russians in the Baltic states is a broadly defined subgroup of the Russian diaspora who self-identify as ethnic Russians, or are citizens of Russia, and live in one of the three independent countries — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — primarily the consequences of the USSR's forced population transfers during occupation.

  4. Demographics of Latvia - Wikipedia

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    Latvian was spoken as a second language by 20.8% of the population, and 43.7% spoke Russian as a second language. [50] In total, 71% of ethnic Latvians said they could speak Russian, and 52% of Russians could speak Latvian in the 2000 census. [51]

  5. Non-citizens (Latvia) - Wikipedia

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    The report inappropriately conflates Russophones into one minority. Only 28.2% of the population is ethnic Russian and more than half (56.6%) are citizens. Latvia is devoted to strengthening all minorities including ones which suffered under Russification, e.g., Ukrainians and Belarusians. [citation needed] re §43.

  6. Geographical distribution of Russian speakers - Wikipedia

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    Despite large Russian-speaking minorities in Latvia (26.9% ethnic Russians, 2011), [64] the Russian language has no official status. [32] According to Russian sources, 55% of the population was fluent in Russian in 2006, and 26% used it as the main language with family or friends or at work. [34] [better source needed]

  7. Baltic states - Wikipedia

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    Today, ethnic Russian immigrants from the former Soviet Union and their descendants make up a sizable group particularly in Latvia (about one-quarter of the total population and close to one-half in the capital Riga) and Estonia (nearly one-quarter of the total population).

  8. Latvia - Wikipedia

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    By 1959 about 400,000 Russian settlers arrived and the ethnic Latvian population had fallen to 62%. [ 74 ] Since Latvia had maintained a well-developed infrastructure and educated specialists, Moscow decided to base some of the Soviet Union's most advanced manufacturing in Latvia.

  9. Russian language in Latvia - Wikipedia

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    A bilingual (Latvian-Russian) 1980 identity card of a people's deputy of Supreme Soviet of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1989, Russian was the native language to 42% of inhabitants, including 8% of the population who were non-Russians, while 39% of inhabitants spoke it fluently as a second language. [19]